The Board found that the veteran did not have a chronic neck or back injury during ACDUTRA, and neither disorder is otherwise related to service.,For his back injuries, two medical opinions based on altered documents created by the veteran were considered inaccurate.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions based on inaccurately altered records do not support a finding of service connection for neck or back injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Neck Injury Residuals","diagnosis_codes":["429.01"]}, {"condition_name":"Back Injury Residuals","diagnosis_codes":["531.0","531.1"]}, {"condition_name":"Hypertension","diagnosis_codes":["7101"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0620612
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What this means for you
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